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This modern interpretation of Aristotelian ethics is ideally suited
for undergraduate philosophy courses. It is also an engaging work
for the expert and the beginner alike, offering a middle ground
between existential and analytic ethics. Veatch argues for the
existence of ethical knowledge, and he reasons that this knowledge
is grounded in human nature. Yet he contends that the moral life is
not merely one of following rules or recipes, nor is human well
being something simple. Rather, the moral life, which Veatch calls
'rational or intelligent living', is the life of practical wisdom
where individual judgement of the particular and the contingent is
paramount. Veatch's Rational Man offers a pluralistic understanding
of human well being without lapsing into moral relativism. For
those interested in morality and liberty, Rational Man offers
fertile ground for developing an account of free and responsible
persons. It has profoundly influenced the work of Den Uyl,
Campbell, Machan, Miller, Mack, and many others.
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